The show of the summer recently wrapped up its run on Apple TV+ and it’s definitely worth the binge if you haven’t started it yet.
Presumed Innocent is a legal thriller about a prosecutor who becomes the main suspect in his colleague’s death after their longstanding affair is uncovered. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as that prosecutor caught in a web of his own lies in Apple’s 8-episode adaptation of the 1987 novel of the same, which most people know as a 1990 movie thriller starring Harrison Ford.
I’ve long been a big fan of Gyllenhaal. His work in movies like Zodiac, Prisoners, Nightcrawler, and Nocturnal Animals are some of my favorite performances of the century, and he is absolutely in that zone with Presumed Innocent, which largely rests on his shoulders. His foil in the show, another prosector named Tommy Molto, is played by Peter Sarsgaard, who is Gyllenhaal’s real-life brother in law, and watching their chemistry burst off the screen was truly a delight throughout the entire show, but especially in the final few episodes when the legal case between the two of them reaches its climax.
**Presumed Innocent also features a searing performance from Ruth Negga and star turns from Bill Camp and Elizabeth Marvel, and it was adapted by David E. Kelley, the legendary writer behind Big Little Lies, Ally McBeal, Boston Legal, and many other show.
**Movie theaters and paperback shelves used to be filled with complex legal thrillers like Presumed Innocent, and seeing one of those classic titles re-imaged for our world of prestige miniseries was some of the most fun I’ve had watching TV in quite some time. All 8 episodes of Presumed Innocent are now streaming on Apple TV+.
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